Don Franklin Family of dealerships #15, as it nears 50th year 2017-01-18 - Don Franklin Mitsubishi, 3001 Lexington Road, Nicholasville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). The huge dealership is still in a transitional phase, but already has familiar branding elements of the highly successful group. While South Central Kentuckians may not be surprise that the enterprise now has 15 locations, many may not realize the length of its history, that it is now 48 years old, or that it's been almost eight years since the group's founder, who dreamed with leaders and mayors of Columbia, was taken from the community. Related: Don Franklin, 62, business leader and community visionary, passes away. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Water - lots of water - over Middleburg Dam 2017-01-17 - Middleburg Road at Mill & Dam Road, Middleburg, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Heavy rains changed the generally placid Green River into a raging torrent below the old Mill Dam at Middleburg, Casey County, KY. The photo was taken Tuesday, January 17, 2017. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Toa Green tells Ryan Quarles story of Crank & Boom 2017-01-17 - Lexington, KY - Photo Kentucky Department of Transportation . Toa Green, co-owner of Crank & Boom Ice Cream, tells Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles the story of how the business came about at her Lexington shop in December of 2016. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Berry Bridge over Green River becoming lost in time 2017-01-17 - Green County, KY - Photo from the collection of Larry Smith, South Central Kentucky Historian. "This old bridge is becoming lost in time, built by the Champion Bridge Company in Ohio. The steel used in the construction of this classic marvel was shipped in by train. This bridge was condemned in 1982 by the Green County Fiscal Court," writes Larry Smith, General Manager of the Big Dawg, FM 99.9, and South Central Kentucky Historian, photographer. From his extensive collection of photos. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Friendly Horses in their roadside pasture 2017-01-17 - North of Middleburg, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). These beautiful horses in Casey County paused to acknowledge passers by on Tuesday. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A satisfactory standoff with a great Great Pyrenees 2017-01-17 - Dunnville Road, Eunice, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). There was an understanding, though not a word was spoken by the Great Pyrenees and the photographer. The eyes of the one never lost contact with the other. While the photographer did her job in a non-threatening way, the great dog did the work of posing. Still one would have expected that any movement toward its territory, without its master's consent, might have been construed as a hostile act, with swift retribution. Maybe not. But it wouldn't be worth the risk. - EW. Photo 17 Jan 2017. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Flooding 17 Jan 2017: Green River at Adair/Casey Line 2017-01-17 - Green River at River Road/Dunnville Road, Casey/Adair County Line - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . The water in Green River spilled over into the bottom, and had risen to just below the roadway at the Adair/Casey County Line where River Road in Casey County becomes Dunnville Road in Adair County, KY. The picture was taken Tuesday afternoon, 17 Jan 2017. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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